Thank you, and more thanks to you all for your continuing prayers and thoughts. However it has occured to me that I may have given a too gloomy impression of our Paddy. Not in the state of his health, the prognosis for how long he will be around is not good, not good at all, but the boy himself quite sprghtly, especially given his age too. He tends to sleep a lot more and has become a little tetchy but he still loves to go out for a walk - he was so happy to see the snow the other week! - but of course he has to be restricted from running around much.

Once again, many thanks to you all.